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There were a number of local elections Tuesday, most of which had candidates running unopposed.
School Board seats made up many of the contested races.
In Madelia Public School District, four seats were open with five candidates running for election. Julie Pace (987 votes,) Brandon Ordorff (833 votes,) Steve Sorenson (832 votes) and Gayle Fenske (758) votes were elected. Claudia Reyes received 698 votes.
Saint James Public School District had three open seats and five candidates. Michael Tonsager (1,545 votes,) Richard Spirzner (1,311 votes) and Nancy Trujillo Vite (1,013 votes) were elected. Laura Roloff (986 votes) and Amy Erin Boyes (452 votes) were the other candidates.
With three open seats, four candidates ran for Cedar Mountain School District. Joshua Hoffmann (694 votes,) Jeffrey Sorenson (640 votes) and Ashley Heibel (533 votes) were elected. Andrew Van Nurden (389 votes) was not elected.
School Board seats in Comfrey Public School District, Sleepy Eye Public School District, Springfield Public School District, and New Ulm Public School District were all unopposed.
Springfield, Courtland, Comfrey and Lafayette had contested Council races.
Springfield's Council Member at Large had two seats open. Three candidates ran. Joe Miesen (523 votes) and Jeanette Pidde (484 votes) were elected. Ashlyn Hansen received 291 votes.
Two of the three candidates for Courtland Council Member at large were elected. Pamela Rodewald (318 votes) and Tim Portner (270 votes) won. Greg Juberien had 121 votes.
In Comfrey, two Council Member seats were open. Troy Toll (158 votes) and Rick Kastner (154) were elected, with Charles Coners (131) having the next most votes.
Lafayette had two Council Member at Large seats open and four candidates. Mark Schuelke (130 votes) and Joshua Fischer (104 votes) won. David L. Reed (79 votes) and Tom Polich (67 votes) also ran.
New Ulm and Sleepy Eye City Council races were unopposed, as was Nicollet's Council Member at Large race.
In New Ulm, incumbent Eric Warmka ran for Ward 2 City Council, receiving 1,249 votes. Ward 4, which was unique as it was a write-in election, was also technically unopposed. Sue Ullery was the only one to openly run for the seat. She won with 240 of the 355 total write-in votes.
In Sleepy Eye, Nathan Stevermer received 1,199 votes for Council Member at Large. Douglas G. Pelzel got 471 votes for Council Member Ward 1, and Gary Windschitl won Ward 2 with 716 votes.
Both Fred L. Froehlich (380 votes) and Philip Radel (341 votes) were elected for the two Nicollet Council Member at Large seats.
Three of the five Brown County Commissioner positions were up for reelection, all of which were unopposed and won by the incumbents. Anton Berg won District 2, Brian Braun won District 4 and Jeffrey Veerkamp won District 5.
Nicollet County had three County Commissioner races. All were unopposed with Marie Dranttel winning District 1, Jack Kolars winning District 3, and Kurt Zins winning District 5.
A slate of mayoral elections also ran unopposed including Allen Kreb in Cobden, Gary Richter in Comfrey, Daniel Paulson in Hanska, Kevin Ostermann in Nicollet and Kathleen Backer in New Ulm.
In Courtland and Lafayette, however, races for mayor were contested.
Jeremy Brennan won the Courtland Mayor race with 224 votes while Al Poehler had 198 votes.
In Lafayette, Curt Taber (125 votes) beat out Sandra Peterson (83 votes) for Mayor.
Mary Schreiner ran unopposed for Brown County Recorder, receiving 9,913 votes.
Jason Seidl ran unopposed for Brown County Sheriff, with 10,360 votes.
The Sheriff race in Nicollet County was contested. Aaron Peterson won with 9,931 while Chad Honetschlager received 5,078 votes.
Chuck Hanson received 9,810 votes for the unopposed Brown County Attorney position.
In Nicollet County, Michelle Zehnder Fischer ran unopposed for the Attorney position, receiving 13,200 votes.
For the full list of elections, visit electionresults.sos.mn.gov